here it comes...
Rev. Ann Holmes Redding… “I am both Muslim and Christian, just like I’m both an American of African descent and a woman. I’m 100 percent both.”
... She calls Christianity the “world religion of privilege.”
..."To walk into Al-Islam and be reminded that there are more people of color in the world than white people, that in itself is a relief,”
Claire, Ideologically Stubborn Heatist Ruralite 06/18 at 07:48 AM •
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Ladies....
ENOUGH with the acrylic fingernails!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And for the love of gawd icksnay on the ingblay. I saw someone the other day with a pierced fingernail with a little charm hanging off of it. And I’m about to go into seizers at all the “art” work...the flowers, the butterflies, the sequins and gems......
Trust me, a well manicured natural looking hand is HOT.
So stop it.
SondraK, Lympian Slayer They say a staffing agency supplied the workers with fake or bad social security numbers...........
..........shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both...........
(would that be the right one?)
A Capitol Hill house where Sen. Barack Obama rents an apartment caught on fire Sunday, but a spokesman said the Democratic presidential contender was out of town to celebrate
Father’sBaby’s Daddy’s Day.
About as subtle as a horse head.
Coach TC for the graphic : )
The Ugly American 
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Immigration reform being considered in Congress would give some young illegal aliens a chance to become U.S. citizens by serving in the military.
About 750,000 young people might be eligible under the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors or DREAM act, The Boston Globe reports. The bill would allow those who were under 16 when they arrived in the United States, have a high school diploma and meet some other qualifications, to get on track for citizenship as long as they serve at least two years.
Sudan’s President Field Marshal Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir claimed Tuesday that reports in western newspapers of hundreds of thousands dead in his country’s brutal civil war are all part of an Israeli-led worldwide conspiracy.
“ching chong ching chong” /Rosie
Palo Alto Unified School District can expect to receive $201,418 in federal money to help increase foreign language instruction, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spelling announced today—surprising school officials.
...The grant is part of the federal National Security Language Initiative intended to address the shortage of critical foreign language speakers. The initiative aims to boost the number of Americans studying Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Hindi, Farsi [Korean and Urdu] and others in programs from kindergarten through college.
So what language are they talking about? More Espanglish, right? Creo que no..
… a Mandarin immersion program… [opening with] a kindergarten and a first-grade class in fall 2008
Hunting this I found Mandarin immersion program articles from these other places:
[CA], KY, FL, OR, MA, Canada, OH, MI, MN, WI, ID, CT, NJ.
Claire, Ideologically Stubborn Heatist Ruralite 06/16 at 07:39 PM •
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that the slaughter in Darfur was triggered by global climate change and that more such conflicts may be on the horizon, in an article published Saturday.
